KE-BU-LAI and AW present: "How to Lose an Acting Job with the Help of a Talking Stuffed Animal"
New Vocab:
愚笨 - yú bèn - stupid
玩具 - wán jù - toy
东西 - dōng xi - thing, stuff
能 - néng - can, may, capable
它 - tā - it (used for objects)
出去 - chū qù - to go out, leave
Director: “Come in, come in!”
请进，请进。
qǐng jìn, qǐng jìn。
Actor: “Hello, I…”
您好,我…
nín hǎo, wǒ…
Director: Now, talk.
现在,你说吧。 xiàn zài, nǐshuō ba。
Actor: (Shrugs shoulders)“Where am I?I think…” “我在哪里？ 我觉得…”
wǒ zài nǎ lǐ?Wǒjué de... Director: “What are you doing?”
“你在做什么？”
nǐ zài zuò shén me?
Actor: “What is the matter?” “有事吗?” yǒu shì ma? Director: “My friend says… you aren’t good.” “我朋友说…” (Listens to puppet) “你不太好。”
“wǒ péng you shuō... nǐ bù tài hǎo.” (Leaves doll on table with actor). Actor: “Stupid toy.”
“愚笨的玩具。” yú bèn de wán jù
Stuffed animal: “You are also stupid.”
“你也笨。”
nǐ yě bèn.
Actor: “…Uh,did you talk?”
“Uh, 你在说话吗？”
Uh, nǐ zài shuō huà ma? Animal: “Yes, I also can see things.”
“是，我也可以看东西。”
shì,wǒyě kě yǐ kàndōng xi.
Actor: What can you see?
“你能看到什么?” Nǐ néng kàn dào shén me?
Animal: “You are ugly.” 你不是美人。
nǐ bù shì měi rén。
Actor: “You are bad。 I don’t like you.” “你不好。我不喜欢你。”
nǐ bù hǎo. wǒ bù xǐ huan nǐ。
Animal: “O.K., I’m bad because I like to watch TV.I think I’ll say you aren’t pretty.” “O.K.，我不好是因为我太喜欢看电视了。我想说你不漂亮。”
O.K., wǒ bù hǎo shì yīn wèi wǒ tài xǐ huan kàn diàn shì le.wǒ xiǎng shuō nǐ bù piào liang。
(Actor strangles the doll). Director:(He sees her strangling the toy).“What are you doing? 你在做什么？ nǐ zài zuò shén me？
Actor (Sheepishly): “It said I wasn’t pretty.”
它说了我不漂亮。
Tā shuō le wǒ bù piào liang。
Director: （glares at her in silence.)
Actor: “Talk to him.Now stupid toy!”Starts whacking the toy on the table, wall, etc.Then notices that the director is glaring harder.
你对他说！你这个笨玩具！
nǐ duì tā shuō! nǐ zhè ge bèn wán jù！
Actor: “ Sorry.” 对不起。 duì bu qǐ.
Director:“Give it back to me, get out.” 你给我， 出去。
nǐ gěi wǒ，chū qù。
Actor: “But…” 可是…
kě shì...
Director: “Now!” 现在! xiàn zài!
Actor leaves.Director picks up the toy and asks it:
“Are you okay? 你好吗？
nǐ hǎo ma?
“Thankyou.”“谢谢！ 谢谢！”xiè xie! xiè xie!
"How to Lose an Acting Job with the Help of a Talking Stuffed Animal"
New Vocab:
愚笨 - yú bèn - stupid
玩具 - wán jù - toy
东西 - dōng xi - thing, stuff
能 - néng - can, may, capable
它 - tā - it (used for objects)
出去 - chū qù - to go out, leave
Director: “Come in, come in!”
请进，请进。
qǐng jìn, qǐng jìn。
Actor: “Hello, I…”
您好,我…
nín hǎo, wǒ…
Director: Now, talk.
现在,你说吧。
xiàn zài, nǐ shuō ba。
Actor: (Shrugs shoulders)“Where am I? I think…”
“我在哪里？ 我觉得…”
wǒ zài nǎ lǐ? Wǒ jué de...
Director: “What are you doing?”
“你在做什么？”
nǐ zài zuò shén me?
Actor: “What is the matter?”
“有事吗?”
yǒu shì ma?
Director: “My friend says… you aren’t good.”
“我朋友说…” (Listens to puppet) “你不太好。”
“wǒ péng you shuō... nǐ bù tài hǎo.” (Leaves doll on table with actor).
Actor: “Stupid toy.”
“愚笨的玩具。”
yú bèn de wán jù
Stuffed animal: “You are also stupid.”
“你也笨。”
nǐ yě bèn.
Actor: “…Uh,did you talk?”
“Uh, 你在说话吗？”
Uh, nǐ zài shuō huà ma?
Animal: “Yes, I also can see things.”
“是，我也可以看东西。 ”
shì, wǒ yě kě yǐ kàn dōng xi.
Actor: What can you see?
“你能看到什么?”
Nǐ néng kàn dào shén me?
Animal: “You are ugly.”
你不是美人。
nǐ bù shì měi rén。
Actor: “You are bad。 I don’t like you.”
“你不好。 我不喜欢你。”
nǐ bù hǎo. wǒ bù xǐ huan nǐ。
Animal: “O.K., I’m bad because I like to watch TV. I think I’ll say you aren’t pretty.”
“O.K.，我不好是因为我太喜欢看电视了。我想说你不漂亮。”
O.K., wǒ bù hǎo shì yīn wèi wǒ tài xǐ huan kàn diàn shì le. wǒ xiǎng shuō nǐ bù piào liang。
(Actor strangles the doll).
Director: (He sees her strangling the toy). “What are you doing?
你在做什么？
nǐ zài zuò shén me？
Actor (Sheepishly): “It said I wasn’t pretty.”
它说了我不漂亮。
Tā shuō le wǒ bù piào liang。
Director: （glares at her in silence.)
Actor: “Talk to him. Now stupid toy!” Starts whacking the toy on the table, wall, etc. Then notices that the director is glaring harder.
你对他说！你这个笨玩具！
nǐ duì tā shuō! nǐ zhè ge bèn wán jù！
Actor: “ Sorry.”
对不起。
duì bu qǐ.
Director: “Give it back to me, get out.”
你给我， 出去。
nǐ gěi wǒ，chū qù。
Actor: “But…”
可是…
kě shì...
Director: “Now!”
现在!
xiàn zài!
Actor leaves. Director picks up the toy and asks it:
“Are you okay?
你好吗？
nǐ hǎo ma?
“Thankyou.” “谢谢！ 谢谢！” xiè xie! xiè xie!
Director: “Come in!”
请进！
qǐng jìn！